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Crested Butte · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Gunnison County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 1,693 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,675 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Crested Butte: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Crested Butte collected $10,983 per resident (including city-run utilities), 4.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.2× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.1× its peers, and 7.9× the state median.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$10,983
2.2× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,022
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 97% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$9,068
88% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,813
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 95% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+10.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$8,453
2.1× peers
Peer median
$3,967
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 98% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+18.6%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,968
in line with peers
Peer median
$2,969
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 76% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+23.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $10,983
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $10,983 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $18.4M ÷ population 1,675 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Crested Butte runs city-owned utilities, which add 4.0% of its revenue. Cities that don't run utilities will look lower on revenue and spending per resident for that reason alone. What counts as utility revenue
  • With about 1,675 residents, small changes in Crested Butte's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Crested Butte; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $2,203 per resident, 9.6× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 15.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$10,983
per resident2.2× peers
Money in: Crested Butte revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$4,26131% abovepeers $3,247
$3,46615.3×peers $226
$9643.1×peers $310
$8834.2×peers $209
$7262.7×peers $270
$43965% belowpeers $1,237
$2454.4×peers $55
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$9,068
per resident88% above peers
Money out: Crested Butte spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$3,47783% abovepeers $1,901
$2,2039.6×peers $231
$1,3837% abovepeers $1,297
$1,1812.4×peers $491
Peer median unavailable$660No peer comparison
$97No peer comparisonpeers $0
$6723% belowpeers $87
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Crested Butte and its peers

The five Colorado municipalities nearest on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn’t a matching factor, so peers aren’t chosen on the figures being compared. Per resident, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Crested Butte compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.0% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.$10,983$9,068$8,453$4,261$2,968
Idaho SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 30.3% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.$3,956$3,451$2,457$2,201$10,855
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.9% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,088$5,449$3,967$3,247$2,969
FraserUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.2% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.$7,865$4,813$4,929$4,342$72
HaydenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,383Not reported for this year
Peer median$5,022$4,813$3,967$3,247$2,969

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Regional hub marks a municipality whose sales tax per resident is at least 1.5× the Colorado median: a shopping or visitor hub where people who live elsewhere pay much of the sales tax.

Trends

Every available fiscal year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

  • This city
  • Peer median
  • Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)
  • Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)
Revenue per resident
FY2016 $6,175 to FY2023 $14,925.$0$12K$24.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $3,433Peer median FY2021: $5,022Peer median FY2023: $24,068Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $6,175FY2021: $10,983FY2023: $14,925

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$6,175$3,433$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$10,983$5,022$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$14,925$24,068$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $5,624 to FY2023 $21,607.$0$10.8K$21.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,944Peer median FY2021: $4,813Peer median FY2023: $18,874Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $5,624FY2021: $9,068FY2023: $21,607. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$5,624$2,944$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$9,068$4,813$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$21,607$18,874$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $3,602 to FY2023 $8,217.$0$5.3K$10.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,283Peer median FY2021: $3,967Peer median FY2023: $10,545Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,602FY2021: $8,453FY2023: $8,217

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,602$2,283$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$8,453$3,967$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$8,217$10,545$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,039 to FY2023 $9,276.$0$12.4K$24.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,117Peer median FY2021: $2,969Peer median FY2023: $24,791Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,039FY2021: $2,968FY2023: $9,276

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,039$1,117$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$2,968$2,969$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$9,276$24,791$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Crested Butte’s finances

How much revenue does Crested Butte collect per resident?
Crested Butte collected $10,983 per resident in FY2021, 4.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Crested Butte's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Crested Butte spent $9,068 per resident in FY2021, 88% above the median of its peers: Idaho Springs, Granby, Fraser and Hayden. See the figure
How much debt does Crested Butte have per resident?
Crested Butte carried $2,968 of debt per resident in FY2021, in line with its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Crested Butte compared with?
Crested Butte is compared with Idaho Springs, Granby, Fraser and Hayden: the Colorado municipalities nearest to it on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn't used, so peers aren't chosen on the figures being compared. See the peer table
Where do these numbers come from?
From the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, as each government reported its own fiscal year, divided by Census population estimates. Figures that fail quality checks are withheld rather than shown. Sources and methodology

Community context

American Community Survey 5-year estimates and Census population estimates. Where the selected year isn’t available, the nearest earlier year is shown and labeled.

Population growth (5-yr)
+1.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$64.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.5%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$720.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
41.4%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Crested Butte, CO municipal finance benchmarks

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Notes: dollars are nominal (not inflation-adjusted). Colorado medians cover the municipalities reporting that year. Peers: nearest on population, income and region. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology.Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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